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  • Rydges Sydney Airport

    Another great view of the airport from the Rydges Hotel. Would love to sit here and watch the aircraft fly off, then head home tomorrow. Instead I’ve got a concert to go to in the city and then Singapore in the morning.

  • In need of some magic

    Where’s the magic gone? I hope that I find it tonight at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in concert. Right now I’m not feeling it. Outside the panoramic windows of the Opera House is black and bright lights. The giant floodlit P&O cruise ship is still dwarfed by the outlines of the Harbour Bridge…

  • Farewells said

    B and Alex are off to Melbourne and I am back at the hotel. Looks like a lovely day to fly. Tomorrow not so much.

  • Top floor view

    A nice view of Sydney Airport from the top floor of the Stamford Hotel. I actually drove here as I was in a rush to get here before my team video conference for which I was a little late. Not quite time to relax yet. Have to go home tomorrow and properly pack my bag.…

  • A Singapore stay before Singapore

    The in-room dining offers laksa and satay skewers, but we are not in Singapore or Malaysia yet. By this time tomorrow that’s where B and Alex will be. From our room on the top floor of the Stamford Plaza we overlook Sydney Airport. The heavies sail into the air from the main runway on their…

  • The dreaming spot

    “Where do you dream of travel?” asked a survey. I should have answered here. Gazing out over the flat waters of Botany Bay in the late afternoon light, watching the aircraft land and take-off along the runways across the bay, how can I not dream of adventures far away?

  • Home on ANZAC Day

    The elderly veterans were in the elevator wearing their medals, heading like we were to breakfast. Perhaps Alex woke early enough for the dawn service. I needed my sleep in order to drive the car home to Sydney. The route south from Port Macquarie is easier than up, less congested. Alex wants to take the…

  • Painted rocks in Port Macquarie

    Before we depart the Gold Coast we take one last walk along the beach. Alex scoots along the Esplanade, I spot a Scoot plane descending towards the airport. I spot a couple of bluebottle jellyfish in the sand, large shells and a crab scuttling along. For the second day in a row we eat breakfast…

  • Seeing Sea World

    The big reason tourists come to the Gold Coast is to visit one or more of the theme parks. B and I have been to three of them, with only Dreamworld missing out. Of those Sea World is our favourite, so we decided to take Alex there. Despite the public holidays having come to a…

  • Twice the nice spice

    The weather may not be so hot up here, but there are other forms of heat. A simple day of simple pleasures. Though a McDonald’s breakfast may be simple it is not really a pleasure. Neither is it for the heavily tattooed young man seemingly passed out on a table inside, removed by police and…